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My daughter tried them and she likes them both. I can tell a difference (the Yamaha sounds brighter) but not dramatically so. I can't tell enough of a difference to buy one over the other based on sound (on these two, I tried a Suzuki that was awful, and I prefer these two over some others I have tried), so now I am down to value. I am hoping to get a piano between 5'4" and 6' in size and I need to stay below $10,000. I am hoping to get a piano that I won't have to replace for a long time, if at all, but I also don't want to spend more money than a Piano is worth. I have asked the sellers of the Yamaha for a serial number so I can look up how old it is, but they haven't gotten back to me. I just wasn't sure if either of those prices ($5,700 for the Yamaha and $8,500) was good prices, fair, bad....

On cars I can look up NADA and car reviews and get a good idea on what I am getting for what I am paying. I just don't know on Pianos.

I am hoping to get a piano between 5'4" and 6' in size and I need to stay below $10,000. I am hoping to get a piano that I won't have to replace for a long time, if at all, but I also don't want to spend more money than a Piano is worth.

Michaelha, what other Pianos should I be looking at if you think those two shouldn't be the last stop? Utah doesn't seem to have many used (that is where I am looking) and most that I have found in that range of size are about $14,000 for new. I would love some other options, I'm just not finding them. Ideas? Thanks for the help by the way, I appreciate it from everyone posting. I haven't looked at Pianos before this, so I am definitely a newbie (and feeling like I am in over my head).

For that budget I'd look for a used Yamaha C2 or higher, Kawai RX2 or higher, Boston (whatever the cm conversion for 5'10" is) for Japanese pianos. Yamaha & Kawai also make some lower end, made in China or Indonesia, baby grands. I'd skip those. For European check out Petrof, Estonia, Schimmel, those are good and not too expensive. ~ 10 years old is perfect, but like a broken record around here "always hire someone that calls them self a piano tech to look at it." Around 30 years you'll probably need to do some work unless they already did. $10K might take some professional haggling skills though, but it's possible.